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EASTERN COURIER, DECEMBER 15, 2010
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IN BRIEF
Thundering fun for kids
Thundercat rides at Eastern Beach
were a Christmas celebration
highlight for more than 200 Koru
Care kids.
They also got on board the Fullers
Jet Raider for a cruise around
Auckland harbour on a day of golden
weather last week.
The children were some of the more
than 10,000 the organisation has
helped during the past 26 years --
children with kidney disease, heart
conditions and those affected by
cancer.
Koru Care chairwoman Ann Bain
says they are lucky to have the
support of so many people and
businesses.
''They help make these cruises a
success and memorable for
everyone, especially being able to
help make dreams come true for the
kids.''
Koru Care NZ raises money for sick
and terminally ill children.
Eco-friendly St John
A new environmentally friendly St
John building in Mt Wellington is
providing a much-needed central
base for staff.
It has a number of environmental
sustainable design features to
enhance the quality of the working
space and to reduce the long-term
environmental impact of the
building.
The demand for St John services
has grown but the buildings housing
staff had not kept pace.
The new addition provides onsite
accommodation and will improve
networking among the various
teams of St John.
Bus lane plans to ease traffic
Designs to get public transport mov-
ing in east Auckland were unveiled
at the weekend.
Auckland Transport presented
proposals in Pakuranga for
dedicated bus lanes along Ti Rakau
Drive and a section of Pakuranga
Rd to eventually form a carriageway
that would run from Botany to Pan-
mure train station.
It's an Auckland Manukau East-
ern Transport Initiative (AMETI)
project that Auckland Transport is
now tackling.
The council controlled organis-
ation proposes a central busway
with lanes in both directions in the
centre of the road or on one side of
it. Major projects manager Rick
Walden says the area has the sec-
ond lowest public transport use in
the region after Whangaparaoa.
The demand is already there for
a rapid transit busway between
Panmure and Pakuranga,'' he says.
The problem is that buses are
delayed by the same congestion as
other vehicles.
Providing dedicated bus lanes
will mean a reliable, high frequency
service can be provided.''
Mr Walden says it would allow up
to 60 buses an hour between
Pakuranga and Panmure.
Encouraging more people onto
public transport is an important
part of dealing with the congestion
that is holding back economic
growth in the area.''
Kerbside bus lanes pose a prob-
lem -- they wouldn't allow an effec-
tive rapid transit as buses would
need to slow for turning traffic.
There would also be safety issues
for residents getting in and out of
driveways.
Both the central and one side of
the road concepts have all bus stops
at signalised intersections so
pedestrians would always be able to
get to a bus stop safely. Signalised
intersections would provide for
right turns into side streets.
Access to properties and side
streets on one side of the road would
continue as at present but on the
other side property access would
change to be via signalised intersec-
tions and slip roads.
For the central busway, u-turns
will be permitted to access proper-
ties on the other side of the road.
Dedicated cycle facilities would be
provided either on-road, off-road or
both.
The busway will be developed in
stages, based on demand, with the
first stages between Panmure and
Pakuranga town centre.
It will then be created in stages
along Ti Rakau Drive towards Bo-
tany.
Death after
stabbing
Crime scene: Police search the property where a man died last week.
Photo: SHANE WENZLICK
Police were meeting with the cor-
oner this week to discuss laying
further charges after a stabbing at
a Howick property last week.
Police were called to Willoughby
Ave at about 5pm last Wednesday
following reports of a disturbance.
A 46-year-old man was found in
a critical condition and died on the
way to hospital.
A 31-year-old woman appeared
in the Manukau District Court on
Thursday morning charged with
assault.
Police are not looking for anyone
else in relation to the incident.